Pinay HERStories

There are a number of instances when our stories, as women, as Filipinas, are lost and relegated to the outskirts of history. Pinay HERstories hopes to reclaim the Filipino migrant narrative by collecting fragments of the shared migrant experiences. Join us for a night of readings and performances with migrant women who are students, trafficked victims, activists, nurses, and domestic workers. Stories will highlight the resilience of Filipino migrant women and power of community in their lives.

You can also meet the women of Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) who have been organizing several local and global campaigns. Learn more about our current programs, our allied organizations, and how Pinays are building a community, here, in the New York City area.

February 29th, 2012Pinay HERstories: Patuloy and Talambuhay

at Blue Stockings Book Store

Pinay HERstories honors the celebration of March 8th, International Working Women’s Day on March 8th as it highlights the contemporary plight of Filipino migrant women in NYC.

Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE NYC) is a mass-based, grassroots women's organization serving New York City and its surrounding areas. We connect the Filipino diaspora to the women's struggle in the Philippines. We are women of Philippine descent, including those who are migrants, immigrants and US-born. We are Filipino women of mixed heritage and adoptees. We are a LGBTIQ-(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer/Questioning) friendly organization, inclusive of transgender people of Philippine descent.
FiRE is a proud member of GABRIELA-USA and BAYAN USA.

Thank you for donating!

FiRE is a volunteer run organization that relies on its community, please consider donating to us! Any amount is a contribution toward the global militant women's movement! SULONG!